Organized in Italy, on the Adriatic coast in the city of Senigallia (Marche region), the Senigallia Biennale is a cultural event dedicated to the history of photography and the study of its origins. Established in 2019 at the initiative of European historians and researchers, it stands out for its scientific and material approach to the…
In 2024, as the world celebrates the 200th anniversary of the invention of photography by Nicéphore Niépce, it is more essential than ever to highlight the places and figures that laid the foundations of this visual revolution. It is within this commemorative context that a major discovery, long kept confidential, has resurfaced. In 2007, during…
This exhibition takes visitors back to the origins of photography, a revolutionary invention that changed the way we perceive and document the world.
Organized by Spéos in collaboration with Quai de la Photo and as a part of the Biennale of Photography held at the 13th arrondissement of Paris City Hall, Polka Galerie and its Factory proudly present the exhibition “Life Ahead,” featuring the works of Janine Niépce and Emma Ball-Greene. Aligned with this year’s Biennale theme, “Childhood,…
The Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is organizing a meeting day for the Landmark Houses on Monday, May 27, 2024, at the Maison Nicéphore Niepce in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes.
Musée Maison Nicéphore Niépce is a member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) since December, 2023.
Quai de la Photo is paying tribute to Kate Barry with a retrospective on the 10th anniversary of her passing in 2013, at the age of 46. This retrospective aims “to show the diversity of her work,” explains curator Sylvain Besson, whose book My Own Space (Éditions de La Martinière, 2023) gave the exhibition its name.
The Niépce House will participate in the European Heritage Days which will be held on September 16th and 17th, 2023. You will be able to visit the place where the very first photo in the world was taken by the inventor of photography: Nicéphore Niépce. About the Niépce House Niépce’s house in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is the…
Spéos Photography School, which finances the Niépce House, is committed to the protection of photographic heritage as well as to contemporary creation with a brand new project that will be launched in 2023 in Paris: Quai de la Photo. An art centre dedicated to photography on the Seine Located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris,…
The Niépce House will participate in the European Heritage Days which will be held on September 17th and 18th, 2022. You will be able to visit the place where the very first photo in the world was taken by the inventor of photography: Nicéphore Niépce. About the Niépce House Niépce’s house in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is the…
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The Nicéphore Niépce House is open each year from July 2nd to August 31st only, every day from 10am to 6pm (closed on Tuesdays).